Improved elastic roller



UNITED STATES PATENT 1li EETCE.

LEANDER R. SIREEIER, OF CHELSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED ELASTIC ROLLER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,1115, dated April 19, 1864.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LEANDER R. STEEETEE, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State ot Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Elastic Rollers 5 and I do hereby declare that the following,` is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying dra wings, and to the figures marked thereon.

In the drawlngs, Figure 1 is afront view of the rollers in position to Work. Fig. 2 is a section representing the case and the disinte grated caout chouo filling.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing elastic rollers by filling (Wholly or in part) a flexible cylinder or case with cut, grounchorotherwse disintegrated caoutchouc, Whether the same be in a pure, vulcanized, or other condition and I employ a shaft or gudgeons, or not7 according to the mechanical inode used to give to the rollers the desired motion.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I use a iiexihle tube, made of Woven, felted,

or other suitable material. This I fill with disintegrated caoutchouc, (either such ashas not been used, or that which has been damaged by use, and is unsuited for ordinary pur poses,) Wholly or in part, according as a shaft is used or not, after which the ends of the case are .tirnlly and durably fastened. This constitutes a uniformly elastic roller, which I secure in such manner as allows a rotating,r

motion and adapts it to clothes-wringing and 

